bowling alley boogie

bowling alley boogie
oh no, a split!
shmoogie loogie moogie
you can do it!

my score is twelve
the others are up to eighty-five
bowling alley boogie
held in bit of a dive

no smoking signs totally ignored
crack! opponent got a loud strike
we reach for a ball together
crack! He gets another strike

ashtrays are full at every table in this place
proof we ignore the rules, without any grace
I wipe out a fifth time, my total up to seventy-two.
The others are over two hundred; I am glad we’re through.
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